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theropod dinosaurs from the
Cretaceous period, have been
interpreted as
myrmecophagous, with
their short,
robustly built arms with a
single claw
being interpreted...
- tube-shaped
snouts filled with tiny teeth. They have been
interpreted as
myrmecophagous,
adapted to prey on
colonial insects such as termites, with the short...
- ISBN 0-8018-8221-4. OCLC 26158608. Anja Leo,
Damage to
Macaranga ant-plants by a
myrmecophagous squirrel (Callosciurus notatus, Rodentia, Sciuridae) in West Malaysia...
- doi:10.1644/895.1. S2CID 86110792. REISS,
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powerful muscles. This
feature also
supports the idea that they were
myrmecophagous, as
modern mammals employ this
technique to
break into
termite mounds...
- and will have
maybe one to two more in
their lifetime.
Aardvarks are
myrmecophagous,
feeding almost exclusively on
termites and ants. They rely on their...
-
sloth bear (Melursus ursinus), also
known as the
Indian bear, is a
myrmecophagous bear
species native to the
Indian subcontinent. It
feeds on fruits,...
- animals") is an
extinct clade of stem-pangolins. They were
insectivorous (
myrmecophagous),
possibly fossorial, and
lived from the
middle Paleocene to
early Oligocene...
- to the
front of the ant and
grabs it over the back of its head. Such
myrmecophagous species, however, do not
necessarily refuse other prey items, and routinely...
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Other caterpillars have
evolved from ant-loving to ant-eating:
these myrmecophagous caterpillars secrete a
pheromone that
makes the ants act as if the caterpillar...
